Summary of Reported Whale-Vessel Collisions in Alaskan Waters
Here we summarize 108 reported whale-vessel collisions in Alaska from 1978–2011, of which 25 are known to have resulted in the whale's death. We found 89 definite and 19 possible/probable strikes based on standard criteria we created for this study. Most strikes involved humpback whales (86%) w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Marine Biology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/106282 |